Quito

By visiting Quito we would be finally crossing to the northern hemisphere and getting closer to home.
The city itself has a historic city centre part of the UNESCO world heritage site and it's one of last capitals we get to visit on our journey through South America.
Over three days we walked it's narrow streets of city centre, visited one of the most decorative churches we have seen, tried new food and made two different day trips.
On a first day we met a guy selling delicious arepas with cheese that I really liked. And while visiting crafts market we have discovered park with street vendors selling asado skewers. Those were really nice as well and we have tried couple of those.
The city is not one of the liveliest but and has a very calm atmosphere.
We enjoyed watching shoe shiners getting down to business at the main square and locals potting around the market.
Last evening we climbed to the Crystal palace close to our hostel and watched a lovely sunset over the hills surrounding Quito.Read more